What does a stroke do to your body?

Answer 1

A stroke actually does nothing to the body. It affects the brain by stopping blood flow from reaching areas of the brain. This can result in damage to nerve fibers and whole areas of the brain. If, as a result of stroke, there is damage to areas of the brain it may damage the ability of the brain to send messages to the body. Therefore, strokes can leave people with varying levels of disability. Damage to the right side of the brain will affect functioning on the left side of the body and vice versa. Additionally, language is primarily mediated by the left side of the brain. Therefore, someone who suffers a stroke on the left side of the brain may suffer from varying levels of language impairment.

If someone suffers a stroke and loses the ability to control muscles, over time, lack of use of the muscles will result in atrophy. In this way strokes can have an indirect effect on more remote parts of the body.

Answer 2

A stroke is simply a clotted artery that cuts off the oxygenated blood to the cells of the body. A stroke can affect any part of the body depending on where the clot is. Most people think of the brain. A stroke in the brain can cause brain damage and paralysis. Starving cell of needed oxygen and killing the cells. And is notably recognized by numbness and tingling on one side of the body with marked paralysis or slanting of one side of the face.

Answer 3

Strokes take place in the brain, and damage the brain. The body (other than the brain) is not damaged, however, it is the brain which controls all other parts of the body, so when the brain is damaged, the person who suffered the stroke may become unable to use some part of his or her body, even though that body part is not actually damaged.

Answer 4

It shut's down most of the organs in the human body.

Answer 5

Depending on the region of the brain affected, a stroke may cause paralysis, speech impairment, a loss of memory and reasoning ability, coma, or death.

Answer 6

no